Self Portrait: Mirror Image

I'm feeling a bit better today. This is yesterday's little drawing (4"x6"), done with markers and pastel. My mouth is slightly open because that was the only way I could breathe.

Regal I and Regal II

These are more drawings from 2008. They are of the same superb model, same long pose session at Spring Studio in NYC.

These drawings are each just under about 2'x3'. I've now re-photographed the drawing on the left. Unfortunately, the full face is framed under glass, so it's not really available to re-photograph.

Boy and Girl at Night, 2009

I painted this from a cellphone photograph. What was important to me, and the reason I painted this, was the relationship between the two people, both on the canvas and in life. This is clearly a contemporary urban street scene. The city is Los Angeles, late on a fall night.

This is an oil painting on canvas, 18"x 18". The square shape is something I've been using a lot ever since a few months ago, when I found a few squares of cardboard, gessoed them and started using them for quick little paintings.

Red Fish, Green Water, 2009

Saturday I spent some time at a koi pond, trying to read, but mostly just watching the fish. I became fascinated with the contrast between the red carp and the green water and the light on both, and this painting is the result. I'm painting on a 9" by 12" gessoed wooden panel, which is a very smooth support, compared to the textured canvas I have been using.

Sketchbook, 2008

These drawings from my sketchbook were done with markers and brush on 4" by 6" paper.

Rock Musician, 2008

This was painted last summer from life.

Lorena, 2009

These are paintings from last week, painted from photographs taken in daylight without flash. The paintings are on 12" square canvases. I'm working on conveying Lorena's personality--how she lights up the room.